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How has Erial Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340603001514
Erial Elementary School
20 ESSEX AVENUE, SICKLERVILLE, NJ 08081 · (856) 627-5415 · Camden County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
373 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 68 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
38.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 39.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Erial Elementary School
Erial Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erial Elementary School this school | 643 | 58.0% | 34.5% |
| Blackwood Elementary School BLACKWOOD | 574 | 60.3% | 28.3% |
| Dorothy L. Bullock School Glassboro | 701 | 49.9% | 24.3% |
| William L Antheil Elementary School EWING | 746 | 57.0% | 29.4% |
| James W. Lilley Elementary School ERIAL | 519 | 51.6% | 28.4% |
| Francis Lore Elementary School EWING | 505 | 49.1% | 36.2% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Erial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #865 of 1,290 | #54 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #822 of 1,319 ▼ 61 | #48 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #983 of 1,319 ▼ 90 | #58 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #164 of 1,562 | #5 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,017 of 1,390 | #58 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #78 of 1,392 | #8 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #481 of 1,481 | #24 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #726 of 798 | #33 of 37 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
643
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 643 | 51 | 12.6:1 | 58% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 52% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 51.8 | 13.1:1 | 49% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 48% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 51 | 12.9:1 | 48% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 49 | 12.8:1 | 42% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 38 | 18.7:1 | 32% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 933 | 50 | 18.7:1 | 27% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 44 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (658 to 643); teachers unchanged (51 to 51).
About Erial Elementary School
Families in SICKLERVILLE, New Jersey, are served by Erial Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It enrolls 643 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That is 59% larger than the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Gloucester Township Public Schools runs 11 schools with a combined 6,502 students. Erial Elementary School is one of them.
At Erial Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 39%. Other students are 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Camden County residents are about 19% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Erial Elementary School totals 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Federal data show 58% of students (373) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Erial Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Erial Elementary School would be expected to post about 34.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Camden County show that median household income comes to about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 158, with about 82,104 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Erial Elementary School from the closest public school, Timber Creek Regional High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Erial Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 650 students in 2020-21 and 643 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Erial Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gloucester Township Public Schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in SICKLERVILLE
- Camden County Technical School-GTCHigh · 1,403 students
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Winslow Township Elementary School SixMiddle · 534 students
- Union Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Winslow Township Elementary School FourElementary · 517 students
- Winslow Township Elementary School ThreeElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Timber Creek Regional High School0.8 mi · 1,109
- Union Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 530
- James W. Lilley Elementary School1.2 mi · 519
- Ann A. Mullen Middle School1.5 mi · 937
- John H. Glenn School1.6 mi · 469
- Dr. Albert M. Bean School1.8 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Erial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Erial Elementary School?
Erial Elementary School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Erial Elementary School serve?
Erial Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Erial Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Erial Elementary School.
How diverse is Erial Elementary School?
Erial Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 39% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Erial Elementary School public or private?
Erial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gloucester Township Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.